X3F Week in Review: October 4, 2007 - October 11, 2007

It's time for the first ever Xbox 360 Week in Review, fanboys. If you haven't quite ascertained the portents of the headline above, it means we're breaking down all the best stories from the previous week and sticking them right here in an easily digestible list format. Go forth and click.

Fanswag Weekly:

• Win Project Gotham Racing 4
  We give something away every Wednesday, just so you know

Xbox 360 Fancast (you do listen to our podcast, right?):

• Xbox 360 Fancast 037 -- Ebb and Flow
  Talkin' bout Bungie and MS breakin' up

News:

• Japanese developers talk Xbox Performance
  Is there any hope for 360 in the land of the rising sun?

• Shchizoid video is Pac-Man-esque
  New video of the first XBLA game created with XNA

• Frankie talks Bungie's independence
  The face of Bungie talks about the split from MS

• Viva Piñata toys busting out of BK
  A little piñata with your Whopper

• Does this armor match my Needler?
  Find the perfect Halo 3 armor combo without powering up that pesky Xbox

• Halo 3 Gaming with Fall Out Boy
  Completely unrelated to The Simpsons

• Molyneux on games as art: "Of course they are."
  Peter Molyneux chimes in on the games as art debate

• Party Animals achievements hide gamer in jokes
  Viva Piñata Party Animals achievements allude to Contra, Resident Evil, etc.

• Halo 3 stats missing? Fear not
  Don't worry. They'll be back

• Truckloads of new movie content on Video Marketplace
  Finally, The Wiggles: Getting Strong is up for download